In article <5mkpgeFdsa7oU1@mid.individual.net>,
"Zeppo" <zeppo_m@hotmail.com> wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" <barbschaller@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:barbschaller-8300E4.13131404102007@news.iphouse.com...
> > I've eaten pasta, pesto, sea bream, wee clams, gnocchi, ham, wild boar,
> > incredible pancetta, and a couple other sausages the names of which
> > escape me, and drank reds and whites.
> >
> > Cinque Terre was too much walking for my bad ankle and what used to be
> > an okay knee.
> >
> > My Italian accent is fine. '-) and the bus driver rules! "Massimo il
> > Massimo."
> >
> > Old Slovak saying: "Everywhere is good; home is best."
> > --
> > -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> > Dinner at Yummy! 9-15-2007 Pictures included.
>
> Sounds like fun. We're leaving for Italy tomorrow and will be in Tuscany by
> the end of next week. What towns in Tuscany were your favorites? Restaurant
> & winery recommendations?
>
> Thanks,
> Jon

Castello di Verrazzano was wonderful and fun. Their Man Gino and I got
along famously. He was smitten by my tattoos. :-)
Osteria en Volpaia was great! Small family-owned place.
Wine is not my passion.

We were in Volterra, San Gimignano, and Lucca. Lucca was very
interesting. We have had excellent local guides. I don't give a rip if
I don't see another cathedral until I'm in the box myself. ":-)
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Dinner at Yummy! 9-15-2007 Pictures included.